Improvement in peg-cutters



H. M. BUELL.

Improve-ment in Peg-Cutters.

N0. 130,974, v Patented Sep. 3,1872.

` UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

HENRY M. BUELL, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

IMPRovEMENT IN PEe-cuTTERs.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,974, datedSeptember 3, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, HENRY M. BUELL, or Waterbury, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inPeg-Cutters; and do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of referencemarked thereon. to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, andrepresents, in-

Figure l, a side view; Fig. 2, a vertical central section 5 and in Fig.3, a top view.

This invention relates to an improvement in device used for trimming thepegs from the inside of boots and shoes, and commonly called apeg-cutter 5 and it consists in a cutter-head in which the cutters areformed from steel and inserted transversely through an opening andsupported.

A is the cutter-head, by preference formed with two ends, B C. At eachend an opening is formed through the head, and into this opening Severalcutters, a, are arrangedmore or less in numberthose in each openinginclined to angles opposite those in the other openings, as seen in Fig.2, and are set in grooves formed in the side of the opening, as seen inFig. 3. Upon the back or under side of the cutterhead a plate, D, isapplied, secured to the head and so as to bear upon the under edge ofthe saidcutters and hold them Iirmly in position. The upper edge of thecutters is round or shaped to cut the pegs, and the opening between thecutters through the head of the plate D serves as a passage for theescape of the chips trom the cutters. The cutters may all be sharpenedwithout removal from the head by simply forcing the plate D down uponthe cutters to drive them through the head so that their edge may beground off, the inclination of the cutter being sufficient to give therei quired cut to the edge when the edge is formed ush with the surfaceof the cutter-head, as denoted in Fig. 2. Upon the under side of thecutter-head I form a projection, E, extending downward and pivoted to apost, F, as seen in Figs. l and 2, so as to turn freely on the saidpivot. As denoted in Fig. l, the position is that which is usuallyrequired for cutting at the heel. To cut toward the toe the cutterheadrequires to be inclined, as denoted in broken lines, Fig. 2. To do thisand hold the cutter-head in either position I form two notches, b and d,(or may be more, if other positions are desirable,) and in the post Iarrange a bolt, H, beneath which is a cam-lever, L, pivoted at Z, sothat when the said cam-lever is turned up, as in broken lines, the boltH will drop from the notch in the projection E to allow the head to beturned. When in the desired position the lever is turned down and thebolt thereby raised into the notch corresponding to the positionrequired for the head, securely holding the head in that position.

While I have described the cutter-head for

